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Rh *
 * Nearly but not quite opposite.
 * cŏ̤ chăm-chûah tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * sat facing but not in front of him.


 * i kâi mn̂g kio i chăm-chûah;
 * the two entrances are nearly opposite each other.


 * chăm-chûah sie hìang;
 * facing each other, but not quite in line.


 * hṳ́ tîo hāng kio hṳ́ tîo koi chăm-chûah;
 * the lane and the street are nearly but not quite conterminous.


 * To peck, as a bird does.
 * chām kàu hueh lāu;
 * pecked him so that the blood ran.
 * pecked him so that the blood ran.


 * chām kàu phìu phûe;
 * pecked off the skin.


 * chām tîeh i kâi mâk;
 * pecked him in the eye.


 * khṳt i chin-chām nŏ̤ ē cĭu cîah khṳ̀;
 * it was eaten up by him at two pecks.

chang
 * Onions.
 * chang-thâu;
 * onions.
 * onions.


 * chang pêh;
 * the bulb of an onion.


 * chang hîeh;
 * onion tops.


 * phang chang;
 * strong onions.


 * chang kṳn;
 * the rootlets of the onion.


 * chang hîeh hó̤ pun pi;
 * an onion top makes a good flute.


 * pak chang;
 * northern onions.


 * chang-cu;
 * minced onion.


 * chang-thâu peh cêk hah cêk hah;
 * pick off the scales from an onion.


 * A meal.
 * cêk jît sam chang;
 * three meals a day.
 * three meals a day.


 * mńg chang;
 * supper.


 * tăi chang;
 * dinner.


 * sìaⁿ chang;
 * the Lord's Supper.


 * sì keⁿ cău pn̄g, ngŏ keⁿ pá chang, thiⁿ-kng khí kîaⁿ;
 * prepare the meal soon after midnight, eat before dawn, and start at daylight.


 * jît bô̤ pá chang cêk tǹg, mêⁿ bô̤ ún sŭi saⁿ keⁿ;
 * not one full meal during the day, nor six hours restful sleep during the night.


 * Hoary.
 * lău chang thâu;
 * hoary headed.
 * hoary headed.


 * thâu-mô̤ⁿ chang-pêh;
 * hoary hair.


 * chiu chang-pêh;
 * hoary beard.


 * tap-sīaⁿ chang thiⁿ;
 * thank the hoary heavens.


 * pò̤-tap sĭang chang;
 * recompense the veterans.


 * Flurried.
 * chang-hûang;
 * flustered.
 * flustered.


 * chang-chang hûang-hûang;
 * in trepidation.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ chang-hûang;
 * don't be in a flurry.


 * lṳ́ cìeⁿ chang-hûang sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
 * Where are you going in such hot haste?


 * chang chut kâi sî-hāu, tàⁿ m̄ cheng-chó̤;
 * time is too pressing and so I cannot tell you the whole story.


 * To moan.
 * i tó̤ chang;
 * he is moaning.
 * he is moaning.


 * úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chang kàu hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ-kìe sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * I hear a pitiful moaning, what is it?


 * i cá mêⁿ bŏi ût, chang cêk mêⁿ;
 * he could not sleep last night, and moaned all night.


 * Vast, like the sea.
 * chang hái;
 * the ocean.
 * the ocean.


 * To speak harshly.
 * úa lâi khṳ̀ cháng i;
 * I am going to speak severely to him.
 * I am going to speak severely to him.


 * i sĭ lâi cháng úa;
 * he came and spoke harshly to me.


 * khṳt úa cháng kàu i cn̂g kâi bô̤ ūe ìn;
 * I spoke to him so sharply that he had not a word to answer.


 * cháng kàu i bô̤ líen căi;
 * spoke to him in such a way as to leave him completely abashed.


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu, màiⁿ cháng i khah thíam;
 * when you get there, do not overbear him too completely.


 * khṳt úa cháng nŏ̤ kù;
 * was briefly reprimanded by me.


 * A spokeshave for shaving iron; to shave with a spokeshave.
 * cí ki to̤ būe cêng cháng;
 * this knife has not yet been made smooth by being shaven.
 * this knife has not yet been made smooth by being shaven.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ cháng thì-to̤ kâi kang-hu;
 * his work is that of smoothing razors with a spokeshave.


 * kǹg-cúi m̄ ngĕ kâi cū m̄ hó̤ cò̤ cháng;
 * steel that is not very hard will not do for making a shave to shave iron with.


 * To make; to found; to begin.
 * chàng-cău;
 * to create.
 * to create.


 * chàng-sí;
 * to invent.


 * chàng ke-ngîap;
 * found an estate.


 * chàng lîp;
 * to institute.


 * chàng có;
 * the founder of a family.


 * chàng cêk kò̤ seng-lí;
 * to start a business in a place.


 * cí cêk kò̤ tī-hng, sĭ úa khṳ̀ chàng kâi;
 * it was I who first settled in this spot.


 * chàng kâi sîaⁿ;
 * found a city.


 * chàng to;
 * to establish a capital.


 * chàng tit khí;
 * succeeded in an attempt to establish.


 * chàng m̄ khí;
 * could not institute it.


 * chàng hieⁿ;
 * commenced a settlement or village.


 * khui-chàng;
 * to begin, as a settlement.


 * chàng kàu taⁿ, cìaⁿ ío heng-sĕng;
 * much time has elapsed since it was started and now it is just beginning to flourish.


 * Perverse; ugly; mulish.
 * chàng-thâu;
 * a scamp.
 * a scamp.


 * chàng-thâu căi;
 * rascally.


 * chàng căi;
 * hateful.


 * cí kâi nâng chàng căi;
 * this is an ugly fellow.